Guinea (disambiguation)

Guinea may refer to:

Countries

Guinea, a country in West Africa, formerly the colony of French Guinea
Guinea-Bissau, a country in West Africa, formerly the colony of Portuguese Guinea
Equatorial Guinea, a country in Central Africa, formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea
Papua New Guinea, a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of New Guinea and adjacent islands
British Guinea, or British New Guinea, another name for the Territory of Papua, a former colony in what is now Papua New Guinea
Danish Guinea, another name for Danish Gold Coast, a former colony in what is now Ghana, West Africa
Dutch Guinea, another name for Dutch Gold Coast, a former colony in what is now Ghana, West Africa
Dutch Guinea, or Dutch New Guinea, another name for Netherlands New Guinea, a former colony in what is now Indonesia
French Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Guinea
German Guinea, another name for the former colonies of Kamerun and Togoland in West Africa
German Guinea, or German New Guinea, a former colony in what is now Papua New Guinea
Portuguese Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Guinea-Bissau
Spanish Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Equatorial Guinea

Regions

Gulf of Guinea, part of the Atlantic south of Nigeria/west of Cameroon, Africa
Guinea (region), a region along the Gulf of Guinea
New Guinea, an island on the edge of the Pacific Ocean
Western New Guinea, a region occupying the western half of New Guinea
Guinea, a region of Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Lower Guinean forests, a coastal forest region along the coast of the Gulf of Guinea
Upper Guinean forests, a tropical moist forest region of West Africa

Others

Guinea pig, a genus of rodents
Guinea baboon, Papio papio, a species of baboon
Guineafowl, a family of birds
Guinea (British coin), an old British coin and currency unit with a value of 21 shillings
Guinea, an English-language offensive term for someone of Italian descent
Guinea worm, parasitic worm native to parts of Africa
"Guineas", a bi- or tri-racial clan in northern West Virginia, the Chestnut Ridge people

See also